Table 38b: Frequency of flying for business by destination in last 12 months, 2009-2018 1,2,3
Transport and Travel in Scotland Results from the Scottish Household Survey
Table 38b: Frequency of flying for business by destination in last 12 months, 2009-2018 1,2,3
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 4 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All business flights | Column percentages | |||||||||
| 1 or 2 | 33.8 | 31.0 | 28.7 | 31.5 | 27.8 | 31.4 | .. | 34.8 | .. | 31.7 |
| 3 or 4 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 18.1 | 14.0 | 17.2 | 15.2 | .. | 16.8 | .. | 17.7 |
| 5 or 6 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 10.2 | 9.1 | 10.1 | .. | 8.8 | .. | 8.7 |
| 7 or 8 | 6.9 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 8.0 | 5.9 | .. | 6.4 | .. | 6.6 |
| 9 to 12 | 10.3 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 10.0 | .. | 11.3 | .. | 10.8 |
| 13 to 20 | 7.3 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 8.4 | 8.5 | .. | 7.0 | .. | 7.6 |
| More than 20 | 16.3 | 19.6 | 19.7 | 20.4 | 20.6 | 18.9 | .. | 14.9 | .. | 16.9 |
| Flights per person | ||||||||||
| Lower decile | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Lower quartile | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Median | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | .. | 4 | .. | 6 |
| Upper quartile | 12 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 14 | .. | 12 | .. | 12 |
| Upper decile | 30 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 34 | .. | 30 | .. | 30 |
| Mean* | 14.4 | 23.3 | 16.5 | 16 | 14.3 | 14.1 | .. | 12.3 | .. | 12.8 |
| Of which: | ||||||||||
| Flights within Scotland | ||||||||||
| 0 | 83 | 86 | 84 | 86 | 85 | 87 | .. | 89 | .. | 87 |
| 1 or 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | .. | 5 | .. | 4 |
| 3 or 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| 5 or 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| 7 or 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 0 | .. | 1 |
| 9 to 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 0 | .. | 2 |
| 13 to 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| More than 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Flights to rest of UK | ||||||||||
| 0 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | .. | 26 | .. | 32 |
| 1 or 2 | 31 | 29 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 25 | .. | 30 | .. | 25 |
| 3 or 4 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | .. | 13 | .. | 12 |
| 5 or 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | .. | 7 | .. | 7 |
| 7 or 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | 5 |
| 9 to 12 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | .. | 8 | .. | 7 |
| 13 to 20 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 |
| More than 20 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | .. | 10 | .. | 9 |
| Flights to other European Countries | ||||||||||
| 0 | 66 | 64 | 65 | 68 | 64 | 67 | .. | 64 | .. | 63 |
| 1 or 2 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 13 | .. | 15 | .. | 17 |
| 3 or 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | .. | 9 | .. | 7 |
| 5 or 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 |
| 7 or 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| 9 to 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 3 |
| 13 to 20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| More than 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Flights to countries outside Europe | ||||||||||
| 0 | 78 | 77 | 79 | 76 | 81 | 77 | .. | 81 | .. | 80 |
| 1 or 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | .. | 9 | .. | 7 |
| 3 or 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 |
| 5 or 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| 7 or 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
| 9 to 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| 13 to 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
| More than 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 0 |
| Sample size (=100%) | 980 | 690 | 930 | 740 | 740 | 710 | .. | 680 | .. | 720 |
1. Sample size is those who answered yes to previous question asking whether respondent had flown for work or business purposes in the last 12 months.
2. Question asked in alternate years from 2014.
3. There are some very slight changes to previously published figures as those who replied 'don't know' or refused to answer have now been excluded.
4.There were errors in previously published figures for 2016. They have now been corrected.
* Note mean value can be dragged up by a handful of respondents reporting making a large number of flights eg in 2010. The median is a better measure of the average.